mèinn

See also: meinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛːɲ/

Noun

mèinn f (genitive singular mèinne, plural mèinnean)

1. (geology, mining) ore; mine, vein, seam (deposit of ore)
2. mine (explosive)
3. mind, desire, inclination, disposition (whether good or bad)
4. native quality or energy
5. love, fondness
6. discretion, clemency
7. expression
8. air; mien
9. mercy; kindness; tenderness

Derived terms

• mèinn-ghuail (“coal mine, colliery”)

Verb

mèinn (past mhèinn, future mèinnidh, verbal noun mèinneadh, past participle mèinnte)

1. (geology, mining) mine, excavate

Derived terms

• mèinneadair (“miner”)

Mutation

Mutation of mèinn

radical	lenition
mèinn	mhèinn

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “mèinn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 mían”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language